Improvement in coffee-pots



J. 1:'. STILL.

ACoffee Pot.

Patented' Nov V8, 1870.

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JOHN F..ST`ILL, OF WEST FARMS, NEW` YORK.

Letters Patent No. 109,152, dated November s, 1870,

IMPROVEMENT IN COFFEE-POTS.

` The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To 'all whom it .may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. STILL, of West Farms, inthe county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ooi'- fee-Pots, of which ,the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this speciiication, and

`in which- Figure 1 represents a sectional elevation ofa coffeepot constructed in accordance with my improvement;

Figure 2, a top view of an upper screen used theref in; and

Figure 3 a like view of a lower screen, and overflow attachment or ttin g.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention consists in a novel combination and arrangement l'of screens within the pot also, in an overflow-chamber arranged therein, whereby coffee of a superior and clearer quality may be made in a more economical manner, or from a small amount of vthe ground berry, and any overflow in Vboiling is caught by a chamber within the pot for the purpose, thereby doing away with its escape on the outside of the latter.

Referring to the accompanying drawing- A represents the bodyr of the pot, of which b is the handle c, the spout; and

d, the lid. v

Fitting down within the body, in a removable man-v ner, is a well or chamber, B, extending from near the top of the hody'tcany desired depth therein. This well serves to catch any overflow ofthe coffee in boiling, and prevent its escape to the outside of the O is an upper removable screenor sieve fitted to the pot, so that it surrounds the WellB at a little distance below its upper edge.

This screen I prefer to iit ina loose'mauner around the well B, which latter has further arranged around it, and preferably secured to it additional lower screens, D E,ot' which there 'may he any desired number.

The bottom one, E, of these additional screens may he made to rest upon a ledge,.e, arranged around the interior of the body A at a suitable distance from its bottom, whereby said screen, together with the screen.

D and the well B, are supported in their places, with provision for their removal from the pot when required.

In making coffee it is preferred to put a certain amount of the ground -berry in the bottom of the body of the pot, and, after insertion of the well B with its screens D and E, andthe screen O, to place the balance of the ground coffee used in a single making upon the top of the upper screen C, and ,then to pour the desired quantity of boiling water over the coffee` on'the latter screen into the pot. c

The top screen being covered with coifee-grounds, the aroma is retained from-the coffee below within the pot, and the several screens operate to check ob- G, substantially as specified.

" JOHN F. STILL.

Witnesses: f

FRED. HAYNES, R. E. RABEAU. 

